Top Five Stories From Monday You Must Read Today
19th March 2019
A deeper look into what Gor Mahia FC's CAF Confederations Cup qualification means, Athletics royalty gives David Rudisha's father the perfect send off
- Gor Mahia FC’s 1-0 victory over Petro Atletico de Luanda that saw them qualify for the quarterfinals of the CAF Confederations Cup for the first time, was not only a huge win for the club but for the entire country
- Athletics royalty, senior political figures and the teaching fraternity turned out in force on Monday at Ol Tanki Village, Kilgoris to give a heroic send-off to pioneering runner and 1968 Olympics silver medallist, Daniel Matasi
- British former professional boxer Anthony Lewis Bellew had an impressive record in his amateur and professional career that ended in 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya- Gor Mahia FC’s 1-0 victory over Petro Atletico de Luanda that saw them qualify for the quarterfinals of the CAF Confederations Cup for the first time, was not only a huge win for the club but for the entire country.
Athletics royalty, senior political figures and the teaching fraternity turned out in force on Monday at Ol Tanki Village, Kilgoris to give a heroic send-off to pioneering runner and 1968 Olympics silver medallist, Daniel Matasi - the father of men 800m record holder David Lekuta Rudisha.
British former professional boxer Anthony Lewis Bellew had an impressive record in his amateur and professional career that ended in 2018.
Kenya Prisons boxer Rayton ‘Boom Boom’ Okwiri is one of the most consistent pugilists in his career that has earned him both amateur and professional accolades.
Here are the top five stories from Monday compiled by SportPesa News that you must read today:
Gor Mahia's Stunning CAF Qualification A Beacon Of Hope
For Kenyan Football
NAIROBI, Kenya- Gor Mahia FC’s 1-0 victory over
Petro Atletico de Luanda that saw them qualify for the quarterfinals of the CAF
Confederations Cup for the first time, was not only a huge win for the club but
for the entire country. Nine-man Gor battled to a slim win at the Kasarani
Stadium on Sunday to see them finish as runners-up of Group D, level on points
with winners Zamalek SC, but with an inferior goal difference. READ
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Athletics Royalty Gathers In Kilgoris For Daniel
Rudisha's Heroic Send Off
KILGORIS, Kenya- Athletics royalty, senior political
figures and the teaching fraternity turned out in force on Monday at Ol Tanki
Village, Kilgoris to give a heroic send-off to pioneering runner and 1968
Olympics silver medallist, Daniel Matasi - the father of men 800m record holder
David Lekuta Rudisha. During the daylong burial owing to the sheer volume of
speakers, repeated calls were made to expedite the construction of the Daniel
Rudisha Stadium in Kilgoris as well as establishing sports and academic
scholarships for the benefit of youth from his home area as an enduring legacy
to the departed icon on the two things he lived for. READ
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Nairobi Fight Night 2: Six Most Memorable Tony Bellew
Fights
NAIROBI, Kenya- British former professional
boxer Anthony Lewis Bellew had an impressive record in his amateur and
professional career that ended in 2018. Bellew turned professional on October
6, 2007 but had to wait for three years to challenge for a belt. READ
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Nairobi Fight Night 2: Rayton 'Boom Boom' Okwiri, The
Kenyan Rising Warrior
NAIROBI,Kenya- Kenya Prisons boxer Rayton ‘Boom
Boom’ Okwiri is one of the most consistent pugilists in his career that has
earned him both amateur and professional accolades. He first came to the
limelight three years ago when he punched his way to the Rio 2016 Olympics
Games in Brazil in style at the Africa Boxing Championships held in Yaounde,
Cameroon in March 2016. READ
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Five Things We Learned From The Season Opening Australian
GP
Pre-season testing pointed to Ferrari having the upper hand
but Mercedes proved consistently faster throughout the weekend as Lewis
Hamilton dominated the free practice sessions and qualifying while his flying
Finnish team-mate Valtteri Bottas got off to a stunning start by winning
Sunday's race by almost 21 seconds from the Briton. READ
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